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A30674	Bury, Edward, 1616-1700.	England's bane, or, The deadly danger of drunkenness described in a letter to a friend wherein are many convincing arguments against it and many aggravations of it in professors of religion, and many other things tending to a reformation of that beastly sin / by Edward Bury.	1677		.xml	application/xml	23683	536	57	2. Consider also how much this Beastly sin of Drunkenness doth debauch , defile , deform the Body of man which should be the Temple of the Holy Ghost , Holy and Honourable : yea how it weakens it , fills it with diseases , distempers , and disorders , which often prove mortal , and set a Period to Life it self : the Body of man is in it self a famous Fabrick , a beautiful Pile , a sumptuous Structure , and bespeaks God for it's Author , and of all the visible Creation seems to be Gods Masterpiece ; if we take it in pieces and consider it in its parts , you will find it an excellent piece of work , every piece being so useful and exact , nothing wanting , nothing redundant ; the Heart , the Liver , the Brain , the Brain , the Muscles , Sinews , Nerves , Arteries , Veins , and Ligaments , and the several Members of the Body , yea the whole is a beautiful piece dropt out of the hands of a choice Workman , but this filthy vice doth so deform , deface , and defile it , that it looks not like that which God Created it to be , how doth it deform the Face ? the Nose , the Eyes , the Cheeks are red and pimpled , the Face swoln like a Bladder , the Countenance disturbed , writhen , and deformed . 7. Drunkenness unfits a man for any Calling , Place , or Office in Church or Commonwealth , for any imployment , vocation , or business whatsoever , for any duty either to God or man , either to our general or particular calling , and consequently it renders a man an useless , unserviceable , unprofitable burthen of the Earth , and like Salt that hath lost its savour , thenceforth good for nothing but to be trodden under foot , or to be cast off ; or like a rotten member to be cut off and not cherished , lest it infect the other also .	cache/A30674.xml	txt/A30674.txt
